Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thousands march for Palestine in London


By New Worker correspondent

Ten-thousand people marched through London on Saturday to show that the Palestinian people are not alone in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager jailed for eight months for slapping an Israeli soldier who was trespassing on her family’s property, led the march along with Labour MPs, trade union leaders and Palestine solidarity activists.
The demonstration, called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Stop the War coalition, was held during the  run-up  to Nakba Day (Catastrophe Day) – which Palestinians and other Arabs commemorate on 15  May to remember nearly a million Palestinians who were driven out of their homes by the Zionist militias when the State of Israel was established in 1948.
At the rally in Whitehall Palestinian ambassador to the UK Dr Husam Zomlot stood on the stage next to Ahed Tamimi, to tell a cheering crowd: “I see British people from the left, from the right, from across the board. You know why? Because this is not a fight between left and right, it’s a fight between right and wrong.”
Ahed Tamimi said she refused to be defined as a victim, she was a freedom fighter. Richard Burgon, the Labour MP, said: “Palestine has the right to exist but sadly that is a right that is increasingly threatened … Palestinians should be able to live free from ever expanding settlements on stolen land.”

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